I'm pretty sure that yesterday's list of inspiring films left you hungry for more. Here's the second half of my list. Kinda makes you want to cuddle up by a fire and watch a few movies this weekend, huh?
5. Working Girl
Six Nominations, one win in 1989.
Tess McGill had big hair and big dreams. The hair got shorter. The dreams only grew. How? She had a very chic, very streamlined idea: Dress the part you want, act the part you want - not the part you have. Then go after it. Spoiler alert: It works!
6. The King’s Speech
12 Nominations, four wins in 2011.
He stammered and stuttered. For King George VI, known by his family as “Berty”, this was an almost paralyzing obstacle when one of his main duties as King was to speak for his people. The one thing he had to accomplish he believed was impossible. Lionel Logue, however, showed Berty that his limitations were only perceived.
We all face impossible tasks in our business – reaching a certain income, increasing our production, streamlining our processes, being that success we all dream about. Berty showed us something monumental, that the impossible rarely is impossible. Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No.
7. Moneyball
Six nominations in 2012.
The Oakland A’s didn’t stand a chance. Too poor. Too underrated. Too…other bad things. So General Manager Billy Beane, with the assistance of computer analyst Peter Brand, rewrote the playbook. If they stood no chance of winning playing by the accepted formula, then they had to rewrite the formula. It meant looking at the problem from a different angle and being creative with their resources. No more following the beaten path. They beat out a path for themselves. And the result…speaks for itself.
8. The Help
Four nominations, one win in 2012.
They cooked and cleaned and raised children. Thankless jobs. And yet maids Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson gave it everything they had. The children loved them, the homes were spotless, and the fried chicken was never burned.
What you are doing matters less than how you do it. You may not yet be living your dream. But wherever you are, whatever you are doing, give it everything you’ve got. It’s not only the recipe for happiness, it’s the path to success.
